Educational Resources

This video belongs to a two-part multimedia series entitled Providing Inclusive, Affirming and Safer Perinatal Care to 2SLGBTQIA+ Individuals. The multimedia resources complement the tip sheet that was released by PCMCH in March 2023. This video features the perspectives of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals (birthing and non-birthing parents) who accessed healthcare services in Ontario during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum—sharing insight on their lived experiences. Individual perinatal healthcare providers, teams and organizations can use these resources to reflect on and take actionable steps towards improving the quality and cultural safety of the care they provide, with the goal of better understanding and meeting the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ parents and families throughout pregnancy, birthing and postpartum.

This video belongs to a two-part multimedia series entitled Providing Inclusive, Affirming and Safer Perinatal Care to 2SLGBTQIA+ Individuals. The multimedia resources complement the tip sheet that was released by PCMCH in March 2023. This video features the perspectives of interdisciplinary healthcare providers from across the province who champion inclusive, affirming and safer perinatal care for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and their families. Individual perinatal healthcare providers, teams and organizations can use these resources to reflect on and take actionable steps towards improving the quality and cultural safety of the care they provide, with the goal of better understanding and meeting the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ parents and families throughout pregnancy, birthing and postpartum.

The perinatal period uniquely impacts the mental health and wellbeing of 2SLGBTQIA+ people. Previous or anticipated experiences of discrimination and invisibility, in addition to system-level inequities, can affect trust in perinatal healthcare providers and the broader healthcare system. Released in March 2023, PCMCH’s Providing Inclusive, Affirming and Safer Perinatal Care to 2SLGBTQIA+ Individuals tip sheet features evidence-based information, practical examples and a list of continuing education opportunities to promote ongoing learning and training. The tip sheet was developed in collaboration with 2SLGBTQIA+ people with lived perinatal care experience and healthcare providers, as well as in consultation with PCMCH’s Maternal-Newborn Committee.

Published in 2020, this guide offers practical information for service providers working with migrant sex workers who have experienced, or may experience violence, discrimination or other forms of abuse. It builds on the legal information the authors previously developed in the series Upholding and promoting human rights, justice and access for migrant sex workers: resources for service providers, 2017. 

The purpose of this document is to provide organizations with example policy statements that can be used to create or update policies using a SOGIESC perspective. While the statements provided in this document are reflective of best practices and research on SOGIESC in the workplace, readers should use this and other 50/30 Challenge resources as a stepping-stone to developing policies that are relevant to the organization and its communities, and to engage actively and thoughtfully in critical thinking. 

Using someone’s correct, self-determined name, pronouns and gender-markers at their request is a way of validating that we all have the right to live our truth, to share our truth, and to be granted safety, respect and dignity in doing so.

Led by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), this resource was developed through a collaboration among a broad range of community organizations dedicated to the sexual and mental health needs of international students in Ontario. It provides a detailed list of sexual and mental health clinics and resources, settlement and legal services, as well as LGBQT+ and HIV related organizations in Ontario where international students can have access. 

Led by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), this resource was developed through a collaboration among a broad range of community organizations dedicated to the sexual and mental health needs of international students in Ontario. It is one of the 3 resource guides produced to answer common questions that international students and their service providers often have about 2SLGBTQIA+ life, services, and supports available in Ontario. This guide is directed to international students themselves and focuses on several key issues including, understanding the culture of sex and recreational drugs in Canada; consent and dating apps; accessing sexual health services, gender transition care, HIV prevention medication, and HIV care as an international student. 

Led by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), this resource was developed through a collaboration among a broad range of community organizations dedicated to the sexual and mental health needs of international students in Ontario. It is one of the 3 resource guides produced to answer common questions that international students and their service providers often have about 2SLGBTQIA+ life, services, and supports available in Ontario. This guide, which is directed to the service providers, addresses the main questions such as "What do I need to know about supporting LGBTQ+ international students," "psychological implications and practical concerns of HIV diagnosis," and "How can a school counsellor, teacher, or administrator help LGBTQ+ international students." 

In this one hour webinar Aleks Selim Dughman Manzur (they/them), Co-Executive Director: Programming & Advocacy at Rainbow Refugee Society and Dave Kerr (he/him), Director of LGBTQ+ Refugee Programs, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCC) discuss the specific settlement barriers faced by LGBTQIA+ refugees, im/migrants and newcomers, and share some strategies to address them. Recorded on Tuesday, March 15, 2023.